It's a kicking story.
That of George Ford, boos from a stadium which fears the worst but cannot disrupt the English scorer on the attempted conversion to put England back in the lead (75th).
It is also that of another attempt, that of Thomas Ramos.
A silence, and an explosion of joy (80th), that of an audience passing through almost every state and busy celebrating like crazy this 50 meter strike from Thomas Ramos which lands right between the poles.
And offers France its Crunch (33-31), the pleasure of depriving the eternal rival of success in France and second place in the Six Nations Tournament.
So we leave there, on this roller coaster, these Blues for several months, until July and the summer tour in Argentina to be precise.
On a Tournament that we were still dreaming of not so long ago that it is transformed into a glorious tour of the provinces of the first world champions in the history of French rugby.
From the beginning of February to this start of spring, the frustrated quarter-finalists offered a mixture of feelings, everything and sometimes a little anything.
In Lyon, we once again witnessed this variety of performances, on the scale of a single match.
A Crunch much less historic than the Twickenham correction of March 2023 (10-53), hooked, tense, pleasant, sometimes boring - ah, these 32 kicks in total at the break - but above all extremely stressful.
We sometimes saw the light, with this crazy try, these seconds of pure pleasure which separated François Cros' interception in touch from Nolann Le Garrec's unbridled jump in the goal, punctuated by this breakthrough from Gaël Fickou and this cavalcade of Léo Barré (20th).
France survived a nightmarish 21-0
France in weightlessness, not always perfect, but capable of widening the gap with the help of the foot of Thomas Ramos.
Then, France tumbles and sinks.
An English try just before the break, just to spoil the passage to the toilets of the spectators of France.
And what seemed like a “simple” big defensive error turned into a descent into hell, with a 21-0 conceded spanning two periods and around seven minutes of play.
A nice instruction manual for the industrial accident at home, the perfect path for a first defeat at home against the XV de la Rose since 2016. But these Blues have the right to have reserve, young people who dare , like Nolann Le Garrec, again decisive on Léo Barré's try (56th), elected man of the match.
And to face an opponent capable of completely messing up on a key, offering him the possibility of getting back into the lead thanks to Gaël Fickou on a gag try (60th).
But he still had to suffer.
To shiver.
Pester against this French defense which lets an Englishman slip into his in-goal for the fourth time (75th).
Seeing the ground collapse, before recovering, for these last minutes of madness, this kick and this stadium which exults.
“It’s incredible to finish like that,” said third row Charles Ollivon into the announcer’s microphone.
We won't thank him and his partners for all the emotions of the evening.
But without hesitation for this crazy outcome.